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The governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has
advised the youths to imbibe the spirit of hard work; prayerfulness and
selflessness to enable them achieve greatness in life
Owelle Rochas Okorocha gave this advice to the youths
while addressing the mammoth crowd who have come to worship the Lord at the May 2013 edition of the WODDI prayer
summit held at the Ahiajoku Convention center, New Owerri, Imo State
The number one Imo citizen 2013 noted that no government,
nation or organization can engage in a successful development without strong
and dependable youths
The skilled orator governor in his passion to drive his
message home enumerated the qualities of a good leader which includes: God
fearing, care for others, courage, sacrifice among others.
He reminded the youths that their destiny lie in their
hands as their attitude determines their future and urged them not engage in
social vices such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, indecent dressing
prostitution among others.
In her opening remarks, the initiator of the prayer
project and wife of the governor of Imo
State, Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha while dwelling on the theme of the day,
‘Emerging Leaders’ enjoined Imo youths to use their youthful age to serve God
truthfully and honestly for them to emerge as effective leaders of tomorrow
Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha stressed the need to pay special
attention to the issues concerning youths while urging them to not to allow
peer group influence, greed and selfishness to distract them
She disclosed that the essence of devoting this edition
of the WODDI prayer summit to youth was to present them to the Lord who is
their creator for His blessings on them so that their good plans for the future
will not fall short
In a thought provoking speech, the guest speaker - a
seasoned scholar, Preacher man Emmanuel Ehimika made the youths to understand that
they were created for a purpose and advised them to direct their youthful
energy towards pursuing that purpose
Speaking about the unity of Christian Churches, the
preacher man noted that unless Christians, no matter their denominations come
together, the power in the Church will be ineffective hence he called for a
revolution in the Church for all to be one as there is one faith, one baptism
and one Lord Jesus
The occasion featured intercessory prayers, songs of
praise and worship as well as entertainment by Samsung, Frank Edwards among
others
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